Elsewhere, the world of news evolves
Guardian open journalism: Three Little Pigs advert – video “This advert for the Guardian’s open journalism, screened for the first time on 29 February 2012, imagines how we might cover…
Norman Farrell
Calling a spade a spade
CBC Legislative Bureau Chief Stephen Smart reports fully and fairly when his wife’s employer is in the news. Well, at least that is what CBC says. As intelligent skeptics, we…
Rivers: "Run of" or "Ruin of" – a choice
Message from Gwen Barlee, one of this province’s most honourable preservationists: “The Kokish is a wild river on Vancouver Island that is home to Dolly Varden, cutthroat trout, 5 species…
CPC: Deceivers, deluders, dissimulators
“Losers lose, winners win, cheaters cheat, and sinners sin; Dreamers dream, cryers cry, fools believe, and Liars Lie.” Conservative MPs used U.S.-based telemarketers, Greg Weston, CBC News The prime minister…
Time away is temporary
Posting of new items will be light for the next short while as I focus my time on others things. Typical of one person blogs, output occasionally suffers because life…
Implicit promises from Canada’s leaders:
Robert Borosage wrote about Mitch Romney’s objectives at Campaign for America’s Future. The words were for Romney but, with a few changes, they are relevent to the tiny portion of…
Harper is now in a hurry
“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.” ~ Winston Churchill Harper denies Conservative link to fraudulent…
Neighbours should help neighbors
MSNBC reported on U.S. gas prices Sunday morning, discussing, “a growing fear among Americans that gas could soon reach $5 per gallon.” My first thought was perhaps we can help…
BC Liberals reward friends
When Kevin Falcon presented his budget, corporate media cheerleaders turned immediately to the reliables for comment — people like John Winter (BC Chamber of Commerce), Jock Finlayson (BC Business Council)…
What will Canada be?
I wonder if evangelical christian Stephen Harper would agree with views of American fundamentalist Franklin Graham. That million dollar a year American preacher is the son of Billy who began…
The days grow short
From the brim to the dregs, and it poured sweet and clear, It was a very good year. It was a mess of good years. (Ervin Drake) Important contributions from…
Our government exposes itself
“We will purchase the F-35. We’re on record. We’re part of the crusade. We’re not backing down.” — Julian Fantino, associate minister of national defence, Fort Worth, Texas, Nov. 8,…
Liberals dig giant hole in NDP budget
According to Finance Minister Kevin Falcon, B.C. will scrap the HST, return to the PST on April 1 2013 and repay $320 million per year to the federal government in…
Global TV featured infamous hate monger speaking for a phantom group
REPLAY, from August 2010, worth reading again to consider if the situation has improved or degraded in the last 18 months. The most effective critic of news media in British…
Canada too!
Will American Anti-Labor Policies Infect Europe?, Dave Johnson, Campaign for America’s Future The threat is in the air: “Shut up and take the wage cuts or we will move your…
Pulses from the twitterverse
Lindsay Kines (Feb 9): Glad to see the jury delivered its Vander Zalm verdict in court instead of on the Bill Good show. Christy Clark appoints NW crime reporters to…
Now Rebecca Scott is the only Press Secretary
I’ve made a fair issue of the conflict of interest CBC Legislative Bureau Chief Stephen Smart faces when reporting on Premier Photo-Op and her government while he shares pillows each…
Radical policies for which no one voted
Rowan Williams is the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury, an office that dates back 1,400 years. Often outspoken, occasionally radical, Williams served for one issue last summer as guest editor of…
"Calle a spade by any other name then a spade"
FYI, Erasmus did the title translation long, long ago. Bribery is defined by Black’s Law Dictionary as the offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting of any item of value to influence…
Another Good award
I think Alex Tsakumis’s open message to CKNW’s Bill Good deserves repeating. So, I repeat it: “HUGE JEERS to Bill Good, the complete idiot that he is, who last night…